Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1921, Page 53

Theaters Part 3—6 Pages The //;\“ p7 o niy Star. WASHINFTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1921. ' quusemen’[g e Theater: e —— /s ITH last season’s prize play, a merry, musical creation, ?"de 5 John Cort farce at‘our very doors, it would be chu.rlish/tll dwell upon the theatrieal past and almost a waste of timg”, pause * to say a good ward even for “The Broken Wing,” W* i .h proved its ability to speak for itself. It is an enjoyable little romap’ .. with a big thrill and a characterization by Marguerite Risser whic¥', o orchadowed -all its other excellent points. “Miss Lulu Ben,”A the ps” ;0 play scheduled for the Garrick this week, has long since received/” ;¢ yardict from the wise heads in theatrical criticism, who havF €¥.n approved its after- thought, “a happy ending.” The Wilson Colliso’,; farce which John Cort will present at the National comes with a2 .o of celebrities and the promise of a jovial, if not a convivial, c‘/ening. “Chickens,” at Poli’s, tempts with its claim as an offspring of.* he author of “Irene” of happy memory, one of the finest of recomme qations. All in all, the outlook at the homes of \thc drama this :c;k :: g{romising. ’ UST beyond the horizon looms “-the biggest and most expensive musi- cal ’Pmduc!xon EVEr Organizf 4” py Charles Dillingham—"“Good Night, Dearie.” That, also,shas a cas”, of notables and the prestige of a famous producer to sponsor:it. T‘}?“n"tuu, there is a2 new Richard Walton Tully production, “The Right t9” Strike,” with another Shubert musical piece, i.” Off in the d¥stance is “Enter, Madame,” Brock Pemberton’s production, featuring G”ida Varesi; Mrs. Fiske, in “Wake Up, Jonathan,” and Billie Burke, n 2. new play, with the San Carlo Grand Opera Com- pany to delight us tb’e week preceding Christmas. “Whom the gods would destroy they first inake mad,” so it is well to be self-contained and calm in the face of th% advance notices. X ; g * k ok k THE world/of American music sustained a distinct loss in the recent L death of David S., Bispham, whose career in grand opera and oratorio will fill one of the most ihteresting pages in the annals of things musi- cal. Although for seven years a member of the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany under Maurice Grau, he yet sustained a firm faith in the artistic beauty and value of grand%pera in English. He was one of the founders of the Society of American Singers and appeared in several of its operatic productions. He was one of the foremost of oratorio soloists and many will recall his characteristic impersonation of Beethoven in a one-act opera named for that famous composer. Mr. Bispham was a native of Philadelphia, and redeived his musical education in greater part in Italy. His closing years were devoted to concert work and to the instruction of advanced pupils. His wife, formerly Caroline Russell, daughter of the late Gen. Charles S. Russell, U. S. A, won no little fame for herself as a poet. She and her. younger daughter, Leone, reside in_Stamford, Conn. Their elder daughter is the wife of Sig. Ricardo Daddi-Borgheri of Flor- ence, Italy. Their only son, David Charles, a lieutenant of the Royal Flying Corps, was kifled in 2. trial flight in England when his father was making his first coneert tour of this country. 1 e * % % X THE new play in whith Billie Burke wilj resume her stage career with a premiere at th%e National the week of October 31, “The Intimate it;angers," is said.{q be one which Booth Tarkington wrote for Maude ams. X s * % % X PABLO CASALS, the eminent Spanish cellist, has written from his - home zut Vendrell, province of Tarragona, that he will sail from Liverpog) for America aboat December 10, arriving shortly before Christ- mas for his American tour, which opens with a New York recital, Janu- ary 7¢and includes a’'concert in Washington. * * \ [LLIAM HODGE is gow playing a new comedy written by himself. 1t is called “Beware of Dogs!” s e R OHN CHARLES THOMAS’ new musical play, “The Love Letter,” by J William Le Baron and Victor Jacobi, which was first billed for Wash- ington and then shifted to'the Globe Theater, New York, is based upon Molnar’s “The Phantom Rival,” and, it is said, gives Mr. Thomas “varied opportunities in a2 mujtiple role.” * A * %X X INCL_AIR LEWIS" “Main Street,” which was dramatized by Harvey ’ O’'Higgins and Hdrriet Ford, was presented in New York last week, with Alma Tell in the role of the heroine. 5 ‘ * % % % ‘ WITH almost every theater in New York presenting one attraction or another, it would seem that the pessimistic prophecies which have been drifting in from that direction are scarcely warranted. The attend- ance at the Washington theaters has not yet reached its midseason height, but there has not been much, thus far, to tempt it. May it not be that theater patrons have not yet struck their winter stride, and that when cool weather is an assured certainty the anxious box offices may find much cause to smile gnd smile and smile? 2 Tk ok ok %k ] E IRISH PLAYERS, who are appearing in “The White-Head Boy,” at the Henry Miller Theater, New York, are finding strong encour- agemént for the fourth week of their American engagement, The play has been placed on the “White List” of the Catholic Theater Movement, along with “Dulcy,” “Launcelot and Elaine,” “Nobody’s Money,” “Only 38, “Six-Cylinder Love” and “The Wheel” The critics of that move- ment, however, indorse them as “a suggested, but not an imposed guide of plays, which, in the main, are free from objectionable features.” P AN organization, “The Cpruso American Memorial Foundation,” has been formed to perpetuite the memory of the world’s greatest tenor, by establishing annual musical scholarships and prizes. It will attempt to raise a fund of a milliongdollars for the purpose. Dr. Antonio Stella, who was the tenor’s persongl physician,]i: active in the movement. ' o * X * NNA PAVLOWA, :the famous dancer, has turned her face toward this country preparatary to opening her :‘our in New York, October 31. 2 * %X * “ONE ARABIAN NIGHT,” the new Ernest Lubitsch-Pola Negri pic- ture, is having nice things said of it in Néw York. One writer calls it a tense, colorful drama, with the story of the well known “Sumurun.” Mr. Lubitsch has a mgst important role in the picture, and of Pola Negri it is said “there is no other arti;{t on the screen so great as she.” i N * * %k K T wts a happy thought to present to the jobless, ex-service men in New Yofi(, under the augspices of the American Legion, the film version of “The Man Without a.Country.” 4 * * % % FLO ZIEGFELD, JR., has announced a reduction in prices for the Fol- . lies on tour to a tcale ranging from 50 cents to $3.50. It started out with a five-dollar scale. An AméricansBallet, ERTRUDE HOFFMAN has realized b a long cherished ambition in founding the first American ballet. In her anxiety to stimulate interest in the art of dancing in America, Miss Hoffman is prepared to go even fagther, and has offered to devote one morning & week in every city she visits to interviewing girls who are snxious to take up dancing as a pro- fession. She will watch them dance, ‘eriticise their work, and give them ®mdvice as to the best methods of suc- €asding. There is no keener student of the dance that Miss Hoffman, and mo one more conversant with the art in America. . Gertrude Hoffman is the logical founder of the American ballet. Dar- ing and original herself. she has ever been a ploneer in the art. It was she who saw the Russian ballet in Paris and had the courage to bring it to America with such artists as Volinin, Kosloff and Lydia Lopokowa. This ve America its first real glimpse of hat the ballet might mean, Now the ballet is dead in Russia, in France and in Italy. It is for Ameri- ca, according to Miss Hoffman, to save one of the greatest of the arts from extinction. “In place of my sixteen girls,” de- clares Miss Hoffman, “I might have had one hundred. The American girl 38 & wonderful natural dancer, grace- ful, original, hard-working and am- itious. With public support and in- erest, America will have a national which will overshadow. all that has gone before im the art of dancing.” ¥4 Putting Over a Song. NORA BAYES has been a student of the art of staging songs for a long time. It is her contention that most any one with a good voice can sing a song, but when it comes to bringing out the points of that song and presenting it with the right sort of “color’—well that is a different matter. Miss Bayes pays but little atten-] tion to the music or air of a new song. She does not even hum' it First she reads the lines wery care- fully, studies the words and acquaints herself with not only their meaning, but also their possibilities in the way of acceptance by the audience. Her next move is the staging of the song. Special scenery, chorus, and, as very often the case, :lne\fl.l dance are ‘important essen- als. After the setting has been decided upon, then the question of music is considered. That, she says, is the least of her worries, for once she has mastered the detalls mentioned, the melody pours forth almost automat- ically from her well trained voice. Her method of establishing the proper relation between singer and audience is to create the atmosphere of host and guest. e contends that songs are “cooked,” not born, and, elucidating on her pet hobby, adds: “It isn't how a song starts out in life that matters. It's how it turns out, any a good idea has been handled so that it never had a fight- ing chance as a song, while others have been a success just because of the way they have been presented to the public.” — DOROTHY SMOLLER_. Ngt\onal May - ALLISON - Strand ~ CoRrINNE ‘THOMAS MEIGHAN RANDALL SMOos Palade “ROSITA'" Gatje{:" Columbia DeLECE Capitol GerTRUDE Horemam Keith's P ———————— Mary MiLes MINTER Kaickerbocker CurrentAflrdctions AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK GARRICK—“Miss Lulu Bett,” cpmedy. Opens tomorrow evening. NATIONAL—*“A Bachelor’s Night,” farce. Opens this evening. POLI'S—“Chickens,” musical play. Opens this evening. BELASCO—Nora Bayes, vaudeville. New show opens tomorrow afternoon. / B. F. KEITH'S—Gertrude Hoffman, vaudeville. New show opens to- morrow afternoon. ' COSMOS—"Getting It Ovcr{' vaudeville. New show opens tomor- row afternoon. STRAND—“Style Steps,” vaudeville. noon. GAYETY—Lew Kelly' Shov;'. burlesque.. Opens this afternoon. CAPITOL—Burlesque. Opens this afternoon. New show opens this after- by Joseph McCarthy. The staging is under the direction of Julian Mitchell and Walter Wilson. Its cast will in- clude John Junior, Hobart Cava- naugh, Charles Dow Clark,. John Cherry, Robert O'Connor, Robert Hig- gins, Bobby Watson, Steve Maley, Georgia O'Ramey, Laura Arnold, Helen Groody, Mabel Ferry and Miss Helen Ford. GARRICK—“Miss Luju Bett.” “Miss Lulu Bett,” which comes to the Shubert-Garrick this week, start- ing tomorrow evening, has the peda- gogical blessing and a prize badge as the “best American play ,of last It stirs up therold question \ BELASCO—Nora Bayes. Nora Bayes will headline the pro- gram of Shubert vaudeville at the Belasco this week, beginning with the matinee tomorrow. She will offer 8ix new selections, besides giving the feminine portion of the audience an optical treat with a wardrobe fresh from Paris. 5 The surrounding bill, comprising eight acts of entertainment, will in- clude: Walter Brower, in an original mopologue; Francis Renault, in a fantastic sevue revealing a wonderful display of gowns; Ryan gnd Lee, in “Hats, Laughs, N'Everything”; Felix Bernard and Sid Townes, “Speed Kings of Song” and authors of “Dar- danella”; George Libby and Ida May Sparro a series of original dances; Roy Harrah and Irene Rubini, in “Fun According to Hoyle”; Selma Bratz, a feminine expert juggier; the Kremka brothers, eccentric gymnasts, ‘with the Shubert Topical Weekly and 2 Bud Fisher film comedy. the play was derived, had what is fuutomaruy called an “unhdppy” end- ng. ‘When the play was in the,process of making the unhappy wind-up was retained, but it was soon found that such a conclusion would not; do for the theater. So the drab and over- worked household menial who, in_the novel, contracts a marriage Wwhick proves invalid and later marries an- other is made, in the play, to find happiness -in the arms of jher first and only husband. I It was felt that two husbands in the course of two and one-Balf hours' entertainment in_the theater would be something.of an outrage to. the, conyentions of -the stage and the moral perception. of playgoers.; Zona Gale, who. wrote the mnovel, also made the dramatization, and she not only acqul in the / change, but co-operated in making it. . More- over, she defended the “happy” end- ing as good “art” as well /as good business. f luuon)' regarding the stage and “the happy endlfi‘ Zona Gale's novel, | whence NATIONAL—“A Bachelor’s Night.” : John Cort's production, “A Bach- elor's Night” a new-farce by Wil- son Collison, will bg seen.at the Neiw National Theater this- week, begin- ning this evening, : preceding its presentation the ¢ following week at the Park Theater New York. It in_ three acts and co: cerns a bachelor whose apartment up- town in New York iafwell thought of by the Broadway ismart set. ‘Dicky Jarvis 18 the chargcter, and his house is open at all times for the entertain- ment of his friends. £ The cast is headed by Herbert Yost, Today at 3 and 8:15 p.m. the bill of the past week, headed by Hetty King and the musical comedy “Floradora,” will be presented. B. F. KEITH'S—Gertrude Hoffman Gertrude Hoffman, whose daring in the field of production is well known, will be the stellar feature with her all-American ballet company of six- teen, dancers, Leon Barte, principal danceur, at B. F. Keith's Theater this week. The worldepremiere of this attraction occurred last week at the B. F. Keith Palace Theater, New ¥ork city, and it is reported an unpre- cedented hit. The dances were staged possibly a special| By” Isabel Irving, Lfel§ Frost, Willlam Roselle, Lilyan /T man and Amy Ongley, with Dogothy Smoller, who was a Washington girl and deserted society for the stage. She has ap- peared with Pavio Lilyan Tash- man hau one ofithie principal roles in Mr. Belasco's} luction of "The Gold Diggers.” +Isgabel Irving is a star too well khown for comment, Trad an acl doa Herbect dTSSC whiof plaveLthe Thomas at the piane, and Mrs, B part o reated the : Tole of Mr. Pim- i3 “Mr. Pim Passes Hathaway Turnbull, known as “The Queen of the Blue Ci % who or- at the Garrick Theater last sea- | ganized fourfooted allies during the at ‘will tell about animal by Michael Fokine, the great ballet master. The program Is classic and ultra modern, as well as bizarre. The added attraction will be. Victor Moore, Emma Littlefield and Com- pany, In a new version of ‘“Change Your Act or Back to the Woods"; Gladys Buckridge and Billy Casey will present ornamental song bits I, Mr. Cort says tha original setting will be presented {n Washington, and trating her talk by movies. :::ufn:‘;n B ::u%fiudaflfi: e :Others will include the Wilton sis- Veiota Ststes ‘ot the coming season.] Soeintur Tamms pie A e SleTer BSarah”; Alex- Synco- - POLPS—“Chickens.” 7€ James Montg ery, the author of|A, “Irene,” has seflected the title of 8:16 last week’s o and the Pathe News. “Chickens” for his new musical play, and ‘which is to appear at Poli's, | program in its entirety will be re- commencing --tdnight. The original | peated. \ title "“'f.‘em?ffi" for this méw offering _"G_e?'- T » was “TI le ‘White House,” but as the rehear: ;iearommd it was deemed - adv! to substitute| “Getting- It Ovex” as originally “Chickens" &s |a more fitting and sig- | produced by the famous 27th Division, nificant trade- \ the ~best of the soldier acts, with the original stars of the Broadway. “You Know “Let’'s Beat It,” will head- Cosmos Theater this week. & N the . 1gunchin;, § his co-workegs in “Irene.” score is by Harry(Tierney and the iyrics|line { HAPPY ENDINGS. ROCK PEMBERTON, the producer of the play and to whose artistie perception and good judgment much of the great success of “Lulu Bett" is credited, holds some interesting the- ories apropos of happy endings. “The ‘happy’ ending is one of the most curious of Anglo-Saxon institu- tions,” declares Mr. Pemberton. “It has brought about such things as a rewriting of ‘A Doll's House,' in ‘which Nora was made to come back, purr- ing kittenishly, to her own fireside, thus reducing Ibsen to absurdity. not the mecessity for the happy end- ing but the narrowness of the defini- tion of ‘happy’ ending. Thus, any play which ends with a promise of mar- riage is considered to have a ‘happy’ ending, or, more generally, any play which winds up with an embrace. “If the handsomest actor does mot get the prettiest actress, the play thereby ends unhappily and becomes a tragedy. That i8 a serious libel on life as most of us know it. “The traglc truth is that getting the girl is not infrequently the be- ginning rather than the end of trouble. However, we would not g0 “The English-speaking theatergoers|so far as the cynic who said that have nothing on the play patrons of | the reason comedies end with a mar- other nations here, for, if my memory is not traitorous, it was a German pro- ducer who demanded that Nora be re- turned to her husband after the cli- matic revolt. “What mostly puzzles, perhaps, It held its own and was a big success York. among the famous shows of New Two lesser features will be the James O'Rourke Company, in “Merely Married,” an amusing domestic_com- edy, and the famous Three Eddys, “The Keystone Cops.” Others will include Collins and Pillard, in quaint and comical efforts by two good comedians; Fenteel and Cecil, in a varied entertainment of song, dances and amusing chatter, and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Clarke, in songs and music of a high order. The matinee feature will present for the first time in Washington Corinne Griffith in the Vitigraph pro- duction, “Moral Fiber,” a story of-a storm. of revenge that broke on the rock of truth. It is based on the magazine serial by Willlam Harrison Goadly. Bothwell Brown's Beauties will fea- ture today's performance, starting at 3 pm.- STRAND—“Style Steps.” The: Strand Theater announces for this week, beginning this afternoon, a program of Loew’s popular vaude- ville specialties and selected photo- dramatic attractions, headed by the popular musical-comedy stars, Jack ‘Waldon and Betty Winslow, Ilate features of “The Magic Melody,” in “Style . Steps,” a syncopated musical and dance offering. An extra attrac- tion will be the Crescent Comedy Four, offering the Avon Comedy Four's former success. ‘The New Teacher.” Little Yosie and company, a sensational Japanese marvel of grace, talent and ability, will open the program. Others will be Fred ‘Weber and his company, in a ven- triloqual oddity, “At the Stage Door,” and Paul and Georgia Hall, singers of note. “Big Game,” a Metro special, star- ring y Allison, will .be the photo- play for the week. It is a story of a struggle in_the northern Canadian wilderness. Forrest Stanley, Edward Cecil and Zeffie Tillbury are in the cast. The production is adapted from the stage play of the same title. Short film features will complete the pro= gram. : GAYETY—Lew Kelly Show. Lew Kelly,'who appears at -the Gayety Theater ‘this week, has made his dope character one of the classics of the burlesgue ‘stage. He now promises a hu;nd new bunch of Kelly- isms. i 5 s v Jagk Singer, after the close of last year's production, began & new show for his star,/and feels he has suc- ceeded in wWriting.a book that’is per- fectly fitted to the peculiar character interpreted Yy Kelly. It would be an injustice, /it is explained, to those who will attend the Gagety next week to say too nruch about the attractiofi in advance. / It is" replete with sur- prises from start to finish. * ous scenery and striking costumes ‘set off the beauty lle grace of the girls who comprise the chorus.. CAPITOL-—Burlesque. A musical burlesque said to be.full & deas riage Is that tragedy begins there. In fact, nine chances out of ten, i we _could follow the martial fortunes of Lulu and Ninian, we should find the erstwhile Miss Bett longing for the dear old days of spinsterhood.” Glass. Others include Viola Bohlen, Hattie Dean and Roy Peck. The entertainment is in two acts and seven elaborate scenes, full of comedy, catchy music, good dancing and pretty girls. The costuming is claimed to be out of the ordinary and the scenery lavish. Arcade. The management of the Arcade will give a “Paul Jones” dance in the upper ballroom tomorrow evening. Wednesday the premier carnival of the season will be staged, as a “night full of zip, snap and go" to the ac- companiment of confetti and noise- makers galore. Jardin de St. Marks. - The big feature this week at Jardin de St. Marks will occur Friday even- ing when the management will stage an elimination fox trot contest and award several prizes to the winners. eatures will be “A Night in Monday night, and “Balloon " Tuesday night. Coming Attractions NATIONAL—“Good Morning, Dearie!” . Charles Dillingham’s musical com- edy. “Good-Morning, Dearie!” with music by Jerome Kern and book by Anne Caldwell, will be presented at the National next week, beginning Sunday, October 16. This is de- clared "‘f largest and most_expen- sive musical production Mr. Dilling- ham has ever organized. Louise Goody, who was the life of “The Night Boat” heads the com- | pany. which includes also Oscar Shaw and the featured players, Harland Dixon and William Kent. Shaw will be remembered for his work Good, Eddle,” “The Half Moon" other musical pieces; Dixon is the comic- dancer of the ‘former team of Doyle and Dixon, and William Kent ! appeared in “Somebody’s Sweetheart™ and “Pitter Patter.” Ada Lewis, the character comedienne; John_ Price Jones; singing light comedian; Pauline Hall, Marie Callahan, Peggy Kur- ton and John Scannell complete the array of principals. \ The Sixteen - Sunshine Girls, en- semble dancers, just arrived -from Paris, and Reisman's dance orchestra will_be additional attractions. Ed- ward Royce staged the show. The only matinee will be given Saturday. GARRICE—‘The Right to Strike.’ At the Shubert Garrick Theater Monday evening of next week Rich- ard Walton Tully will present for its American premiere the sensational London dramatic success, “The Right to Strike.” A production by Mr. Tully is an event of unusual interest in our i play 1a described as stirring s play is des and thoughtful drama, which needs careful and | an ed Interpretation. To this end Tul has_assembled a cast including iond Lowe, recent- I in Ni| ‘Watch’ ture will Photoplays This Week shown this afternoon. PALACE—"“Cappy Ricks.” METROPOLITAN—"“Serenade.” COLUMBIA—-"“The Three Mustketeers.” noon. AT PHOTOPLAY HOUSES ALL THIS WEEK. I RIALTO—“Connecticut Yankee in King. Arthur's Court.” To be To be shown this afternoon. To be shown this afternoon. To be shown this after- RIALTO—*A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” Mark Twain's masterpiece, “A Con- necticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,” has been made into a motion picture by Willlam Fox and will be offered as a special attraction at Moore's Rialto Theater this week, beginning today. This clever and amusing satire is said to offer wonderful scope to the motion picture director. The pro- duction is said to bring out the full force of all the situations invented by the fertile imagination of the great humorist, as well as translating for the eye all the splendor of medieval court life. “The Yankee” is not only a great classic of American humor, but also as a forceful satire against those who sigh for the “good old times.” The author set out to show that the world we live in is the best of all possible worlds, and the time we live in is the best of all possible times. This he did by taking a typical young Americap, bright as a_dollar, filled with smart up-to-date ideas and set- ting him down in King Arthur’s court, where he could judge for himself whether_knights of old were more couragecus than men of today and whether 1ifo as a whole was more comfortabla than now. It is an ex- quisite fantasy and a laugh from opening to_closing. . Harry C. Myers appears in the title role, supported by Pauline Starko, Rosemary Theby, Charles Clary, Wil- liam V. Mong, George Slegmann, Her- bert Fortier, Adele Farrington and others. Robert Bond Gotta of the Rialto Orchestra promises a score that will not only enhance the enjoyment of the film showing, but that will be a ard, remembered as the elder Desnoy- ers’in_“The Four Horsemen”; Helen Van Buren, Bertram Grassby and others. The play was given its American premiere in_the Belasco Theater in this city. The film version of the story has been expanded into a drama of spectacular episodes. The comedy attraction will be “The Toreador,” featuring Clyde Cook, and ™ the Pathe News and “Topics of the Day” also will be shown. The musical embellishments ar- ranged by Conductor Mirskey of the Metropolitan Orchestra include the overture to Weber's “Oberon.” A vocal prologue will be sung by a dis- tinguished tenoj of New York. The side-stage scene will be purely pan- tomimic. Special settings have been built for it and unusual lighting effects will be employed. COLUMBIA—*“The "Three Musketeers.” At Loew's Columbia, beginning this afternoon, the screen version of Du- mas’ classic of romance and adven- ture, “The Three Musketeers” will enter upon its second week. The un- ceasing demand for seats during the past week induced the management to continue the production another week. “The Three Musketeers,” which ful- fills Douglas Fairbanks' lifelong ambition to play the central role of D'Artagnan, was directed by Fred Niblo, and the adaptation of the story, the costuming of the cast and all the necessary research work were done under the general supervision of Ed- ward Knoblock, the noted playwright. Marquerite de la Motte appears as leading woman and prominent roles are assumed by Adolphe Menjou, Mary MacLaren, Nigel de Brulier, Thomas Holding, Willis Robards and many others. feature attraction in itself. The over- be selections from “The Fortune Teller,” by Victor Herbert. The length of the picture necessarily requires curtailment of the subsidiary | The familiar story of “Three Muske- film features \ teers” concerns a young Gascon, the \ son of an impoverished nobleman of PALACE—“Cappy Ricks.” the south of France, whose reckless love of fighting and . skill with Thomas Meighan, supported by |the sword makes him the talk of all Agnes Ayres, who nas since been Paris. Richelieu is scheming to bring elevated to stardom, will be pictured about a quarrel between the queen, This el at Toou's Palace Theater | Anne of ‘Austria, and Louis XIIL De- in “Cappy Ricks,” the screen adap- tecting the queen in an affair with an tation of the noted story by Peter B. English nobleman, the cardinal sug- Kyne. Albert Shelly Le Vina and gests to the king that she be re- Waldemar Young made the scenario |auired to wear a certain bracelet that and the production was directed by she has given to her English admiref. Tom Forman. The cast includes The time set for the wearing of the Charles Abbe, Hugh Cameron, John Sainpolis, Gladys Granger -~ and others. “Cappy Ricks” is the story of three individuals—Matt Peasley, the two- fisted, smiling scion of New England seafaring stock; Cappy Ricks, former seadog and shipping magnate, and Florrie Ricks, the magnate’s daugh- ter. It reveals how Matt Peasey, broke in San Francisco, meets Flor- rie on “Tag day” and the love that grew between them through a series of soul-stirring adventures on the hi; seas. hort-length screen and. musical features, including a comedy, an overture by the Palace Orchestra, the Literary Digest topics and the Pathe news pictures will be added attrac- tions. ~ METROPOLITAN. Crandall’s Metropolitan Theater this ‘week, beginning this afternoon, will offer First National's release of Raor ‘Walsh’s picturization of *“Maria Del Carmen,” a drama of Spanish life, which was presented on the stage In this country under the title of “Spanish Love,” and which, in the picture version, is known as “Ser- enade.” It is a play of deep Toves and violent es—with a background ot itical -unrest, army mutiny and revoltition—and _ features iriam Cooper, George Walsh, Joseph Swick- ul [version of “The bracelet admits of but the briefest of intervals for its recovery and the queen, in her pair, seizes upon D'Artagnan and his offer to under- take the mission. < KNICKERBOCKER. Crandall's Knickerbocker Theater announces for today and tomorrow “Serenade,” First National's release of the Raoul Walsh production based on “Spanish Love"; Clyde Cook's trave: *“The Toreador,” and: the customary short-reel features, ‘with orchestral contributions; Tuesday and Wednesday, “At the End of - the World,” a subject of exotic chirm, featuring Betty Compson, Miltonills and others, and “Doggone Torchy,” & comedy; Thursday and Friday, Miles Minter,.in “Her Winning Way, with “Peaceful Alley,” a comedy, and Saturday, Buster Keaton and William H e, in “The Saphead,” a film 1 Henrietta,”. Mr. Crane's old play, with “Assault: and Flattery,” a comedy; Mutt and Jeff and other attractions. CRANDALL’S, Crandall's Theater, the first two days this week, beginning this after- noon, will offer Universal's special a